Vitamins & Minerals

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• Research Article
  The Relationship between Vitamin D Deficiency and Pulmonary Artery Atherosclerosis in Chronic Thromboembolic Patients
  Author(s): Tarik Kivrak, Hasan Ata Bolayir, Batur Gonenc Kanar, Dursun Akaslan, Hakan Gunes, Mustafa Oguz and Bedrettın YıldızelıTarik Kivrak, Hasan Ata Bolayir, Batur Gonenc Kanar, Dursun Akaslan, Hakan Gunes, Mustafa Oguz and Bedrettın Yıldızelı
  
  Background: Our aim of our study was to determine the relationship between vitamin D level and pulmonary artery’s atherosclerosis in patients with chronic pulmonary thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) who underwent pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA). Methods: Fifty-six patients with CTEPH who underwent PEA included in our study. Pathologic examination performed to the excised chronic thromboembolic material for the presence of atherosclerosis. We determined patients’ 25-OH vitamin D level in our study. Results: The average 25-OH vitamin D level in the group of the patients with atherosclerosis was lower than the average 25-OH vitamin D level in the patients with no atherosclerosis (9 ± 6.8 and 16 ± 5.9 pg/ml; p=0.005). There were no significant differences between two groups regardin.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2376-1318.1000159

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